Okay.. this one is definitely one dedication for a friend who just bought a new oven! Good Luck!
These things are chosen because it's quite simple and it'll be a confident booster!
1) Pizza!
2) Roast Chicken
3) Choc Chip Cookies
4) Bread Pudding
5) Pretzel
6) Creme Brulee
7) Apple Strudel using Instant pastry
8) Cornflakes Madu
Good luck!
Showing posts with label Baking Tips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Baking Tips. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Friday, August 1, 2008
10 Reasons why You should Cook Yourself
1. Cheaper
2. Cleaner
3. Tastes better
4. It's easy... all you have to do is try
5. Nothing is more satisfying that feeding your family yourself
6. You don't have to get dressed to cook
7. You can control your salt and forget about MSG altogether. (MSG makes you thirsty everytime you eat out)
8. You don't spend that much on drinks!
9. You get to choose the freshest ingredient!
10. You can sedeqah to your neighbours!
2. Cleaner
3. Tastes better
4. It's easy... all you have to do is try
5. Nothing is more satisfying that feeding your family yourself
6. You don't have to get dressed to cook
7. You can control your salt and forget about MSG altogether. (MSG makes you thirsty everytime you eat out)
8. You don't spend that much on drinks!
9. You get to choose the freshest ingredient!
10. You can sedeqah to your neighbours!
Melting Choc
Melting Chocolate
Basically there are two ways:
Double Boil
Simply put you chopped chocolate into a glass or stainless steel bowl which is bigger that a pot with boiling water. Switch off the stove so that it will not be too hot. This will ensure that there will be no water vapour or water getting into the chocolate. If that happens, the chocolate will split and will not set. (Set means it will not harden). Stir until melted.
Microwave
Simply put choc into a bowl. Set microwave to 340w, (medium kot) The time depends on how much choc u r melting. It takes 2.5 mins to melt 800gm. Don't worry if you see the choc remains the same. You have to stir once it's out of the microwave because it looks as though it's not melted.
Basically there are two ways:
Double Boil
Simply put you chopped chocolate into a glass or stainless steel bowl which is bigger that a pot with boiling water. Switch off the stove so that it will not be too hot. This will ensure that there will be no water vapour or water getting into the chocolate. If that happens, the chocolate will split and will not set. (Set means it will not harden). Stir until melted.
Microwave
Simply put choc into a bowl. Set microwave to 340w, (medium kot) The time depends on how much choc u r melting. It takes 2.5 mins to melt 800gm. Don't worry if you see the choc remains the same. You have to stir once it's out of the microwave because it looks as though it's not melted.
Monday, July 14, 2008
My Big Little Kitchen Helper
These are the things that make my day... Total lost without them!
1. Digital scale - without it, i don't even want to bake
2. My beloved Butterfly Oven (RM900)and Berjaya Oven (RM850)
3. Phillip Handmixer (without stand)
4. Prochef Scraper (from Giant - small enough to clear the sticky mixing bowl)
5. Digital Timer (RM5 at carrefour, now the price is RM25.90) LUCKY ME
6. RM1 yellow plastic knife (to scrape the sides of my pan for easy cleaning)
7. IKEA plate brush (given by Linda) to clean my pans
8. My 2 stainless steel big mixing bowls (RM9.90 each at Carrefour Melaka - from China)
9. My cake tester. Really helpful because you can easily see it (not the ordinary lidi, mind you!)and it's long enough to slip into the oven!
10. My big wok for my ganache, really helpful when order is a lot!
11. GLO Liquid Dishwasher! Nothing beats Glo! Cleaning will be magical!
1. Digital scale - without it, i don't even want to bake
2. My beloved Butterfly Oven (RM900)and Berjaya Oven (RM850)
3. Phillip Handmixer (without stand)
4. Prochef Scraper (from Giant - small enough to clear the sticky mixing bowl)
5. Digital Timer (RM5 at carrefour, now the price is RM25.90) LUCKY ME
6. RM1 yellow plastic knife (to scrape the sides of my pan for easy cleaning)
7. IKEA plate brush (given by Linda) to clean my pans
8. My 2 stainless steel big mixing bowls (RM9.90 each at Carrefour Melaka - from China)
9. My cake tester. Really helpful because you can easily see it (not the ordinary lidi, mind you!)and it's long enough to slip into the oven!
10. My big wok for my ganache, really helpful when order is a lot!
11. GLO Liquid Dishwasher! Nothing beats Glo! Cleaning will be magical!
Friday, April 18, 2008
Simple Cake Baking Tips
Baking is easy if you know the short cuts. I learnt the hard way and there's no such thing as common sense when it comes to new recipes. Try these cake baking tips. They work wonders!
1. Do buy proper equipment as encouragement.
2. If you don't have a digital scale, just buy a metric cup.
I insisted on buying a digital scale that costed me RM150 for 1kg. Now, the scales are much cheaper. I bought my second one for RM69 at e-bay and weighs 5kg. One of my major encouragement is the digital scale. It makes my life easier and if you have a very good recipe, it'll turn out great! Just get one with 5kg scale and can weigh both gram and ounce. My traditional sampret cookies is learnt from my mother in law, i make sure i use metric cups, so the taste remains the same everytime i bake.
3. Weigh and sift your ingredients in advance and seal them in plastic bags.
Don't forget to label them, though! You don't want to make tarts with sponge cake recipe!
4. Always preheat your oven with the correct temperature.
5. Never trust the time given by the recipe book.
6. Use greese paper to line your pans.
7. Never open the oven within the first 40 - 50 minutes!
1. Do buy proper equipment as encouragement.
I heard a lot of husbands complaining that the wifes never really bake. The truth is, they need encouragement, not complaints! My husband bought me a very small oven and he knew that i had never baked anything in my life. He trusted me and believe that i'm gonna a great cook. It started with a RM99 Pensonic oven, a handmixer (gicen by friends for my wedding), a digital scale and a pan. The rest is history!
2. If you don't have a digital scale, just buy a metric cup.
I insisted on buying a digital scale that costed me RM150 for 1kg. Now, the scales are much cheaper. I bought my second one for RM69 at e-bay and weighs 5kg. One of my major encouragement is the digital scale. It makes my life easier and if you have a very good recipe, it'll turn out great! Just get one with 5kg scale and can weigh both gram and ounce. My traditional sampret cookies is learnt from my mother in law, i make sure i use metric cups, so the taste remains the same everytime i bake.
3. Weigh and sift your ingredients in advance and seal them in plastic bags.
Don't forget to label them, though! You don't want to make tarts with sponge cake recipe!
4. Always preheat your oven with the correct temperature.
If the oven is not hot enough, your cake will not rise but if it's too hot, your cake is forced to rise and crack in the middle. Don't just assume the temperature because the temperature changes with different recipes. Cheese cake uses 160C while choc cake uses 180C. Carrot cake, on the other hand, uses 150c only.
5. Never trust the time given by the recipe book.
When baking with my best friend, she didn't realise that her cake burnt right under her nose, The recipe says 1 1/2 hours. The reason is simple. Your ovens differ. When my friends ask me about the time, i told them to remember, smaller oven is hotter because there's no space for air to circulate. My cakes is baked 40 minutes in my small oven and cracks in the middle, but with my bigger oven it takes 1 hour 10 minutes. Just get to know your oven! You'll be an expert in no time!
6. Use greese paper to line your pans.
Using greese paper at the bottom of your pan will difinitely give a very smooth top (your cake will be upside down). Just peel carefully when the cake is already cool and i mean peel literally
7. Never open the oven within the first 40 - 50 minutes!
While admiring your cake, please remember that opening your oven will let cold air in, the pressure will cause your cake to fall. (And your confidence fall with the cake too. hu hu)
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